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In this Issue

Late News Comment Our own nuclear weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what we should do

IPAN Conference Australia at the crossroads Time for an

Independent Foreign Policy

Introducing some of the speakers for the IPAN National

Conference in Darwin

Program of the IPAN National Conference in Darwin 2-4th August

US to establish Darwin as its second Fortress of the Pacific

Darwin residents oppose US war base in Darwin

Launch of IPAN National On-Line Petition calling for an end to

stationing US Marines in Darwin

Australia must say NO to war on Iran IPAN Media Release

Iran Another US war by choice Richard Butler

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John Bolton get his war on

Iran - Global research

No War on Iran protest in Sydney

Australia cant follow Trump into yet another disastrous war in the

Middle East- The Greens Press Release

No war with Iran no war without Parliament - Letter to PM from

Australians for War Powers Reform

Waiting for War to break out - David Macilwain

Keep Australia out of US Wars- Four IPAN Public Meetings

Melbourne Sydney Newcastle and Brisbane

Prof Clinton Fernandes speaks at Newcastle Broad Left function

US military is a bigger polluter than 140 countries- shrinking this

war machine is a must

We are going to Give em the boot

Whistleblowers need protect not persecution

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful UK court of appeal

declares

In USA Law-makers voted against arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Australia protest against Australian arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Marseilles dockworkers refuse to load arms to Saudi Arabia

No war on Iran End the US-Australia Alliance For an

independent and peaceful foreign policy- Speech by Shirley Winton

at Unitarian Peace Memorial

Actions to oppose Talisman Sabre US-Australia war exercises

which commence off and on the coast of Qld in July

Declaration of the 3rd International Conference No to Military

Bases and Wars

The World Youth Congress- 2019

Earth Peace Conference

Filipino Rights Workers urge International Community to stand by

the victims amidst Charivari Calumny and Callousness

Fair go for Pensioners Conference

Book Launch Vince Scappatura The US Lobby and Australian

Defence Policy

Ngara Institute Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address- Remembering Hiroshima and

Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld Alice Springs

RAPID Public Response Arrangements to any imminent major

military conflict invasion or war

COMING EVENTS SUMMARY

Late News Comment

Our own nuclear

weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what

we should do

The Canberra Times 9th July

Sue Wareham Medical Association for Prevention of War

Our own nuclear weapons Thats the exact opposite of what

we should do

As the Australian government appears at risk of involving us in yet

another United States war of aggression a leading strategic thinker

has dropped a bombshell Professor Hugh White emeritus

professor of strategic studies at ANU has suggested that Australia

might need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons He writes in his

new book How to Defend Australia that because US influence in

our region is waning and Chinese influence is rising there are

circumstances in which the development of nuclear forces could be

justified

Professor White claims that in the future we might not be able to rely

on US extended nuclear deterrence to protect us from adversaries

However his comments carry the potential to severely damage the

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

Darwin residents oppose US war base in Darwin

Launch of IPAN National On-Line Petition calling for an end to

stationing US Marines in Darwin

Australia must say NO to war on Iran IPAN Media Release

Iran Another US war by choice Richard Butler

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John Bolton get his war on

Iran - Global research

No War on Iran protest in Sydney

Australia cant follow Trump into yet another disastrous war in the

Middle East- The Greens Press Release

No war with Iran no war without Parliament - Letter to PM from

Australians for War Powers Reform

Waiting for War to break out - David Macilwain

Keep Australia out of US Wars- Four IPAN Public Meetings

Melbourne Sydney Newcastle and Brisbane

Prof Clinton Fernandes speaks at Newcastle Broad Left function

US military is a bigger polluter than 140 countries- shrinking this

war machine is a must

We are going to Give em the boot

Whistleblowers need protect not persecution

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful UK court of appeal

declares

In USA Law-makers voted against arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Australia protest against Australian arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Marseilles dockworkers refuse to load arms to Saudi Arabia

No war on Iran End the US-Australia Alliance For an

independent and peaceful foreign policy- Speech by Shirley Winton

at Unitarian Peace Memorial

Actions to oppose Talisman Sabre US-Australia war exercises

which commence off and on the coast of Qld in July

Declaration of the 3rd International Conference No to Military

Bases and Wars

The World Youth Congress- 2019

Earth Peace Conference

Filipino Rights Workers urge International Community to stand by

the victims amidst Charivari Calumny and Callousness

Fair go for Pensioners Conference

Book Launch Vince Scappatura The US Lobby and Australian

Defence Policy

Ngara Institute Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address- Remembering Hiroshima and

Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld Alice Springs

RAPID Public Response Arrangements to any imminent major

military conflict invasion or war

COMING EVENTS SUMMARY

Late News Comment

Our own nuclear

weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what

we should do

The Canberra Times 9th July

Sue Wareham Medical Association for Prevention of War

Our own nuclear weapons Thats the exact opposite of what

we should do

As the Australian government appears at risk of involving us in yet

another United States war of aggression a leading strategic thinker

has dropped a bombshell Professor Hugh White emeritus

professor of strategic studies at ANU has suggested that Australia

might need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons He writes in his

new book How to Defend Australia that because US influence in

our region is waning and Chinese influence is rising there are

circumstances in which the development of nuclear forces could be

justified

Professor White claims that in the future we might not be able to rely

on US extended nuclear deterrence to protect us from adversaries

However his comments carry the potential to severely damage the

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

war machine is a must

We are going to Give em the boot

Whistleblowers need protect not persecution

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful UK court of appeal

declares

In USA Law-makers voted against arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Australia protest against Australian arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In Marseilles dockworkers refuse to load arms to Saudi Arabia

No war on Iran End the US-Australia Alliance For an

independent and peaceful foreign policy- Speech by Shirley Winton

at Unitarian Peace Memorial

Actions to oppose Talisman Sabre US-Australia war exercises

which commence off and on the coast of Qld in July

Declaration of the 3rd International Conference No to Military

Bases and Wars

The World Youth Congress- 2019

Earth Peace Conference

Filipino Rights Workers urge International Community to stand by

the victims amidst Charivari Calumny and Callousness

Fair go for Pensioners Conference

Book Launch Vince Scappatura The US Lobby and Australian

Defence Policy

Ngara Institute Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address- Remembering Hiroshima and

Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld Alice Springs

RAPID Public Response Arrangements to any imminent major

military conflict invasion or war

COMING EVENTS SUMMARY

Late News Comment

Our own nuclear

weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what

we should do

The Canberra Times 9th July

Sue Wareham Medical Association for Prevention of War

Our own nuclear weapons Thats the exact opposite of what

we should do

As the Australian government appears at risk of involving us in yet

another United States war of aggression a leading strategic thinker

has dropped a bombshell Professor Hugh White emeritus

professor of strategic studies at ANU has suggested that Australia

might need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons He writes in his

new book How to Defend Australia that because US influence in

our region is waning and Chinese influence is rising there are

circumstances in which the development of nuclear forces could be

justified

Professor White claims that in the future we might not be able to rely

on US extended nuclear deterrence to protect us from adversaries

However his comments carry the potential to severely damage the

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

Filipino Rights Workers urge International Community to stand by

the victims amidst Charivari Calumny and Callousness

Fair go for Pensioners Conference

Book Launch Vince Scappatura The US Lobby and Australian

Defence Policy

Ngara Institute Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address- Remembering Hiroshima and

Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld Alice Springs

RAPID Public Response Arrangements to any imminent major

military conflict invasion or war

COMING EVENTS SUMMARY

Late News Comment

Our own nuclear

weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what

we should do

The Canberra Times 9th July

Sue Wareham Medical Association for Prevention of War

Our own nuclear weapons Thats the exact opposite of what

we should do

As the Australian government appears at risk of involving us in yet

another United States war of aggression a leading strategic thinker

has dropped a bombshell Professor Hugh White emeritus

professor of strategic studies at ANU has suggested that Australia

might need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons He writes in his

new book How to Defend Australia that because US influence in

our region is waning and Chinese influence is rising there are

circumstances in which the development of nuclear forces could be

justified

Professor White claims that in the future we might not be able to rely

on US extended nuclear deterrence to protect us from adversaries

However his comments carry the potential to severely damage the

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

Late News Comment

Our own nuclear

weapons Thats the

exact opposite of what

we should do

The Canberra Times 9th July

Sue Wareham Medical Association for Prevention of War

Our own nuclear weapons Thats the exact opposite of what

we should do

As the Australian government appears at risk of involving us in yet

another United States war of aggression a leading strategic thinker

has dropped a bombshell Professor Hugh White emeritus

professor of strategic studies at ANU has suggested that Australia

might need to consider acquiring nuclear weapons He writes in his

new book How to Defend Australia that because US influence in

our region is waning and Chinese influence is rising there are

circumstances in which the development of nuclear forces could be

justified

Professor White claims that in the future we might not be able to rely

on US extended nuclear deterrence to protect us from adversaries

However his comments carry the potential to severely damage the

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

ever-fragile progress that has been made towards nuclear non-

proliferation and disarmament for several reasonshellip

Firstly any advocacy for nuclear weapons will serve to legitimise

and normalise these most horrific of all weaponshellip

A nuclear armed Australia would have to withdraw from the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty a treaty that has for all its flaws helped

prevent the very weapons proliferation that Professor White now

suggests Australia might need to considerhellip

Professor Whites advice to keep the nuclear weapons option open

should be rejected outright It is a recipe for nuclear weapons

proliferation and a world armed to the teeth with self-destructive

capacity We survived the Cold War but might not be so lucky again

Nuclear weapons must be abolished and the discussion in Australia

should be about rapidly getting on board with global efforts to

achieve this critical goal

Signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would be

a good start

For the complete article Click Here

Conference bookings still open

For IPANs Darwin Conference Bookings Go to

BOOKING

Is your IPAN-affiliated organisation sending a

delegate or delegates to the Darwin Conference

This years IPAN conference is being held in Darwin as it is the

centre for the most recent establishment of a foreign troop presence

in Australia with the numbers of US Marines planned to rise to 2500

and an undeclared strength of US air-force at Tindal and Darwin and

US naval forces using Darwin Harbour

The conference is being held in the ominous shadow of contention

in our region between the US and China which might break out into

hostilities at any time and Australia is currently joined militarily at

the hip with the US military and their objectives

Never has there been a more important time for Australia to pursue

an independent foreign policy for the economic well being and

national security of the Australian people and that of our neighbours

Lets keep Australia out of US wars

Topic areas include

Why Australia needs an Independent Foreign Policy

The extent of foreign military facilities in Australia

The impact of militarism on the environment

The costs of militarism to Australians

Speakers include international and Australian personalities such as

Lisa Natividad from Guam Richard Tanter Robin Taubenfeld

(FOE) Susan Harris Rimmer Margie Beavis Warren Smith Alison

Broinowski Sue Wareham and contributions over the internet from

John Pilger and Abby Martin and Mike Prysner Greens Senator

Jordan Steele-John will speak at the Friday evening forum and will

lead off the first Saturday morning session on Australian Foreign

Policy

Click on BOOKINGS

General enquiries Annette on 0431 597 256 or Bevan on 0418 697

528

This years IPAN conference is being held in Darwin as it is the

centre for the most recent establishment of a foreign troop presence

in Australia with the numbers of US Marines planned to rise to 2500

and an undeclared strength of US air-force at Tindal and Darwin and

US naval forces using Darwin Harbour

The conference is being held in the ominous shadow of contention

in our region between the US and China which might break out into

hostilities at any time and Australia is currently joined militarily at

the hip with the US military and their objectives

Never has there been a more important time for Australia to pursue

an independent foreign policy for the economic well being and

national security of the Australian people and that of our neighbours

Lets keep Australia out of US wars

Topic areas include

Why Australia needs an Independent Foreign Policy

The extent of foreign military facilities in Australia

The impact of militarism on the environment

The costs of militarism to Australians

Speakers include international and Australian personalities such as

Lisa Natividad from Guam Richard Tanter Robin Taubenfeld

(FOE) Susan Harris Rimmer Margie Beavis Warren Smith Alison

Broinowski Sue Wareham and contributions over the internet from

John Pilger and Abby Martin and Mike Prysner Greens Senator

Jordan Steele-John will speak at the Friday evening forum and will

lead off the first Saturday morning session on Australian Foreign

Policy

Click on BOOKINGS

General enquiries Annette on 0431 597 256 or Bevan on 0418 697

528

in Australia with the numbers of US Marines planned to rise to 2500

and an undeclared strength of US air-force at Tindal and Darwin and

US naval forces using Darwin Harbour

The conference is being held in the ominous shadow of contention

in our region between the US and China which might break out into

hostilities at any time and Australia is currently joined militarily at

the hip with the US military and their objectives

Never has there been a more important time for Australia to pursue

an independent foreign policy for the economic well being and

national security of the Australian people and that of our neighbours

Lets keep Australia out of US wars

Topic areas include

Why Australia needs an Independent Foreign Policy

The extent of foreign military facilities in Australia

The impact of militarism on the environment

The costs of militarism to Australians

Speakers include international and Australian personalities such as

Lisa Natividad from Guam Richard Tanter Robin Taubenfeld

(FOE) Susan Harris Rimmer Margie Beavis Warren Smith Alison

Broinowski Sue Wareham and contributions over the internet from

John Pilger and Abby Martin and Mike Prysner Greens Senator

Jordan Steele-John will speak at the Friday evening forum and will

lead off the first Saturday morning session on Australian Foreign

Policy

Click on BOOKINGS

General enquiries Annette on 0431 597 256 or Bevan on 0418 697

528

Introducing some of the speakers for the IPAN

National Conference in Darwin

Lisa Linda Natividad PhD LCSW LMHC LMFT

LPC is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the

University of Guam and also has an appointment as

faculty in the Chamorus Studies Program She

maintains a private behavioral health practice and is the

President of the Guahan Coalition for Peace and

Justice She has engaged the United Nations through

various legs to include the Permanent Forum on

Indigenous Issues the Committee on Decolonization

and the 4th Committee of the General Assembly She

has lectured globally on the issues of decolonization and

the militarization of her native island home

Guahan She is the mother of Atdao-mami and lives in

the village of Inarajan

Lisa speech at the conference ldquoExploring the

strategy of US stationing of their military forces in an arc

around China and informing on the conditions in Guamrdquo

Dr Vince Scappatura

Vince Scappatura teaches Politics and

International Relations at Macquarie University

His research interests include the Australia-US

alliance and the international relations of the

Middle East He is a supporter of Independent

and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and the

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear

Weapons (ICAN) His book ldquoThe US Lobby and

Australian Defence Policyrdquo has been recently

published

He will be speaking on the topic of the

Australia-US alliance in the context of rising

tensions with China

Dr Alison Broinowski AM Visiting Fellow

Coral Bell School ANUVice President

Australians for War Powers Reform

Formerly an Australian diplomat Alison is the author or

editor of 14 books about Australiarsquos dealings with the

world Asian countries in particular Her PhD is in Asian

Studies at ANU She has researched and taught there

at Macquarie University and at the University of

Wollongong Her forthcoming book is about terrorism

Alison will be speaking on the cost to Australiarsquos

relationships with our regional neighbours and the

Alliance ldquoInsurancerdquo policy where ldquopremiumsrdquo have

ldquogone through the roofrdquo leading to Australians now being

a greater risk of the impacts of war

HENK RUMBEWAS is a Native of West Papuan from

Biak Island He completed his Batchelor of Teaching and

Post Graduate Studies at Charles Darwin University

Since coming to Australia in 1984 he has been teaching

both at High School and Tertiary Level

Through the Uniting Church Of Australia Henk

Rumbewas has been advocating for Human Rights in

West Papua around Asia Pacific region Europe and

United States Since 2016 and 2017 he has attended

United Nations Convention on Human Rights in Geneva

and also General Assembly Of United Nations

sponsored by the Government Of Solomon Islands and

Vanuatu Currently he is working as a Language

Interpreter for the Government Northern Territory and

Custodial Officer at the Supreme Court in Darwin

At the conference Henk will be ldquodiscussing the

situation in West Papua and the failure of Australian

Foreign policy to address the rights of West

Papuansrdquo

Program of the IPAN National Conference in

Darwin 2-4th August

CLICK HERE

Dr Vince Scappatura

Vince Scappatura teaches Politics and

International Relations at Macquarie University

His research interests include the Australia-US

alliance and the international relations of the

Middle East He is a supporter of Independent

and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and the

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear

Weapons (ICAN) His book ldquoThe US Lobby and

Australian Defence Policyrdquo has been recently

published

He will be speaking on the topic of the

Australia-US alliance in the context of rising

tensions with China

Dr Alison Broinowski AM Visiting Fellow

Coral Bell School ANUVice President

Australians for War Powers Reform

Formerly an Australian diplomat Alison is the author or

editor of 14 books about Australiarsquos dealings with the

world Asian countries in particular Her PhD is in Asian

Studies at ANU She has researched and taught there

at Macquarie University and at the University of

Wollongong Her forthcoming book is about terrorism

Alison will be speaking on the cost to Australiarsquos

relationships with our regional neighbours and the

Alliance ldquoInsurancerdquo policy where ldquopremiumsrdquo have

ldquogone through the roofrdquo leading to Australians now being

a greater risk of the impacts of war

HENK RUMBEWAS is a Native of West Papuan from

Biak Island He completed his Batchelor of Teaching and

Post Graduate Studies at Charles Darwin University

Since coming to Australia in 1984 he has been teaching

both at High School and Tertiary Level

Through the Uniting Church Of Australia Henk

Rumbewas has been advocating for Human Rights in

West Papua around Asia Pacific region Europe and

United States Since 2016 and 2017 he has attended

United Nations Convention on Human Rights in Geneva

and also General Assembly Of United Nations

sponsored by the Government Of Solomon Islands and

Vanuatu Currently he is working as a Language

Interpreter for the Government Northern Territory and

Custodial Officer at the Supreme Court in Darwin

At the conference Henk will be ldquodiscussing the

situation in West Papua and the failure of Australian

Foreign policy to address the rights of West

Papuansrdquo

Program of the IPAN National Conference in

Darwin 2-4th August

CLICK HERE

ldquogone through the roofrdquo leading to Australians now being

a greater risk of the impacts of war

HENK RUMBEWAS is a Native of West Papuan from

Biak Island He completed his Batchelor of Teaching and

Post Graduate Studies at Charles Darwin University

Since coming to Australia in 1984 he has been teaching

both at High School and Tertiary Level

Through the Uniting Church Of Australia Henk

Rumbewas has been advocating for Human Rights in

West Papua around Asia Pacific region Europe and

United States Since 2016 and 2017 he has attended

United Nations Convention on Human Rights in Geneva

and also General Assembly Of United Nations

sponsored by the Government Of Solomon Islands and

Vanuatu Currently he is working as a Language

Interpreter for the Government Northern Territory and

Custodial Officer at the Supreme Court in Darwin

At the conference Henk will be ldquodiscussing the

situation in West Papua and the failure of Australian

Foreign policy to address the rights of West

Papuansrdquo

Program of the IPAN National Conference in

Darwin 2-4th August

CLICK HERE

US to establish Darwin as its second

Fortress of the Pacific

reported in Defence Connect by Stephen Kuper 28619

Darwin has long served as one of Australiarsquos key staging points for

launching operations into south-east Asia and the broader Indo-

Pacific As China has expanded its ballistic missile and long-range

strike capabilities Americarsquos traditional lsquoFortress of the Pacificrsquo ndash

Guam ndash is now exposed paving the way for Darwin to emerge as a

strategic lsquohubrsquo comparable to a civilian variant Hong Kong

As greater US forces continue to rotate into the Indo-Pacific US

military assets particularly large force structures like carrier and

expeditionary strike groups deployed bomber forces and forward

deployed expeditionary land forces will require greater access to

reliable and secure basing maintenance and sustainment

infrastructure and facilities ndash providing a range of local economic

benefits

An example of this could include the major redevelopment of naval

facilities in Darwin to accommodate both Australian and American

expeditionary strike groups with specialised moorings to

accommodate a US Navy Nimitz or Gerald R Ford Class

supercarrier and supporting naval task group ndash providing an

alternative basing arrangement to the comparatively vulnerable

facilities existing in Japan and Guam

Darwin residents oppose US war base in

Darwin

National On-line Petition

Launched by IPAN in Melbourne Sydney Newcastle Brisbane on

45 amp 7th July 2019

To Prime Minister and Parliament

US marines out of Darwin

We ask the Australian Parliament to terminate the lsquoForce Posture

Agreementrsquo between the Australian and USA governments under

which US marines are stationed in Darwin

Why is this important

The presence of US marines in Darwin under control from

Washington-

Makes us a target

Makes us less safe

Makes us enemies (when we need have none - eg China)

Means we are being exploited by the USA for its military

ambitions and

Jeopardises Australiarsquos national sovereignty

To sign Click here or use the following URL

httpswwwmegaphoneorgaupetitionsus-marines-out-of-darwin

Please help multiply the signatures by emailing to friends and

posting it on your social media

National On-line Petition

Launched by IPAN in Melbourne Sydney Newcastle Brisbane on

45 amp 7th July 2019

To Prime Minister and Parliament

US marines out of Darwin

We ask the Australian Parliament to terminate the lsquoForce Posture

Agreementrsquo between the Australian and USA governments under

which US marines are stationed in Darwin

Why is this important

The presence of US marines in Darwin under control from

Washington-

Makes us a target

Makes us less safe

Makes us enemies (when we need have none - eg China)

Means we are being exploited by the USA for its military

ambitions and

Jeopardises Australiarsquos national sovereignty

To sign Click here or use the following URL

httpswwwmegaphoneorgaupetitionsus-marines-out-of-darwin

Please help multiply the signatures by emailing to friends and

posting it on your social media

Launched by IPAN in Melbourne Sydney Newcastle Brisbane on

45 amp 7th July 2019

To Prime Minister and Parliament

US marines out of Darwin

We ask the Australian Parliament to terminate the lsquoForce Posture

Agreementrsquo between the Australian and USA governments under

which US marines are stationed in Darwin

Why is this important

The presence of US marines in Darwin under control from

Washington-

Makes us a target

Makes us less safe

Makes us enemies (when we need have none - eg China)

Means we are being exploited by the USA for its military

ambitions and

Jeopardises Australiarsquos national sovereignty

To sign Click here or use the following URL

httpswwwmegaphoneorgaupetitionsus-marines-out-of-darwin

Please help multiply the signatures by emailing to friends and

posting it on your social media

IPAN MEDIA RELEASE Date 1st July 2019

Australia must say ldquoNordquo to war on Iran

bull War would be disastrous for Australia

bull It would block the flow of fuel imports

bull Australian and US interests lsquodiametrically opposedrsquo

Responding to reports that PM Morrison is backing US President

Trumprsquos harder line on Iran the Independent and Peaceful Australia

Network (IPAN) urges the PM to take a step back and urgently

reconsider IPAN believes US sanctions imposed on Iran is creating

severe hardship for its people and a military option would create a

huge humanitarian disaster The group insists that the military option

be ruled out altogether and the (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

(JCPOA) revived

IPANrsquos spokesperson Mr Bevan Ramsden said

ldquoThe JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) negotiated

between Iran France Russia China The UK Germany and the

USA endorsed by the UN Security Council and supported by

Australia was a peaceful solution to the problem of Iranrsquos nuclear

ambitions Itrsquos unilateral ditching by the USA under President Trump

to the consternation of the other parties precipitated the current

crisis The USA should be urged to return to the JCPOA as the only

way to resolve the matter peacefully

For Australia to join any military engagement would be the height of

folly War in the Persian Gulf would mean that the Straits of Homuz

might be closed Insurance companies would not cover oil tankers in

a war zone Australiarsquos fuel supplies would be severely limited or cut

off entirely ndash with disastrous consequences for the Australian

economy and its people Further Closing of the Straits on top of the

intensifying US-China trade war would crash the global economy

This is a clear case where Australiarsquos and USArsquos interests are

diametrically opposed It underlines the need for an independent

foreign policy Our fuel needs are too important to be placed in

jeopardy by US military actionrdquo

With acknowledgement to Pearls and Irritations

Iran Another US War by Choice

Richard Butler - 15th May 2019

Extracts

The character and political needs of President Trump and the

obsessions of John Bolton are coalescing towards US action

directed at regime change in Iran The reasons given for the current

increase in US military deployments in the Persian Gulf demand

careful independent analysis before Australia responds to any US

request that it join it in its actions It is not simply an Alliance issue

There is a triangle in Washington which appears to be conspiring to

attack Iran Its three points are an unstable bullying President a

National Security Advisor John Bolton who is devoted to US

militarism and refuses to even concede the existence of

international law and Trumprsquos belief that he is both immune from

any laws and addicted to the notion of distraction as the means of

deflecting focus from his errors and abuses of his office

Perhaps above all we know of US intentions because key US

figures led by Bolton have told us for some time now that they

want the US to attack and bring down the Iranian regime If they do

this it must not be forgotten it will be the second time the US has

removed an Iranian government

Any request to Australia to participate in US actions should not be

considered on the basis that it is an ldquoautomaticrdquo alliance duty for

Australia to take part in such actions Our decisions should be

shaped by our own assessments of the interests and principles of

Australia and relevant international law including that against

aggressive war

Hopefully one benefit from the present spinning of this malevolent

triangle in Washington may be that the call for an independent

Australian foreign policy will get a more earnest hearing

For complete article READ ON

Global Research

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John

Bolton Get His War on Iran

Americarsquos declared policy should be ending Iranrsquos 1979 Islamic

Revolution before its 40th anniversaryhellipRecognizing a new Iranian

regime in 2019 would reverse the shame of once seeing our

diplomats held hostage for 444 daysrdquo ndash John Bolton (January 15

2018)

Coincidentally or not Americarsquos lsquomaximum pressurersquo campaign

against Iran began within a month of John Boltonrsquos installment as

National Security Advisor On May 8th of 2018 President Donald

Trump announced the US was backing out of the Joint

Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) otherwise known as the

Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the US under President Barrack

Obama along with the other permanent members of the United

Nations Security Council Germany and the EU in July of 2015

Consequently the sanctions imposed on Iran previous to the

JCPOA were reinstated and additional sanctions imposed by the

end of the year

In April of this year the Trump Administration took the

unprecedented step of declaring the Middle East countryrsquos military

the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be a terrorist

Australia was a peaceful solution to the problem of Iranrsquos nuclear

ambitions Itrsquos unilateral ditching by the USA under President Trump

to the consternation of the other parties precipitated the current

crisis The USA should be urged to return to the JCPOA as the only

way to resolve the matter peacefully

For Australia to join any military engagement would be the height of

folly War in the Persian Gulf would mean that the Straits of Homuz

might be closed Insurance companies would not cover oil tankers in

a war zone Australiarsquos fuel supplies would be severely limited or cut

off entirely ndash with disastrous consequences for the Australian

economy and its people Further Closing of the Straits on top of the

intensifying US-China trade war would crash the global economy

This is a clear case where Australiarsquos and USArsquos interests are

diametrically opposed It underlines the need for an independent

foreign policy Our fuel needs are too important to be placed in

jeopardy by US military actionrdquo

With acknowledgement to Pearls and Irritations

Iran Another US War by Choice

Richard Butler - 15th May 2019

Extracts

The character and political needs of President Trump and the

obsessions of John Bolton are coalescing towards US action

directed at regime change in Iran The reasons given for the current

increase in US military deployments in the Persian Gulf demand

careful independent analysis before Australia responds to any US

request that it join it in its actions It is not simply an Alliance issue

There is a triangle in Washington which appears to be conspiring to

attack Iran Its three points are an unstable bullying President a

National Security Advisor John Bolton who is devoted to US

militarism and refuses to even concede the existence of

international law and Trumprsquos belief that he is both immune from

any laws and addicted to the notion of distraction as the means of

deflecting focus from his errors and abuses of his office

Perhaps above all we know of US intentions because key US

figures led by Bolton have told us for some time now that they

want the US to attack and bring down the Iranian regime If they do

this it must not be forgotten it will be the second time the US has

removed an Iranian government

Any request to Australia to participate in US actions should not be

considered on the basis that it is an ldquoautomaticrdquo alliance duty for

Australia to take part in such actions Our decisions should be

shaped by our own assessments of the interests and principles of

Australia and relevant international law including that against

aggressive war

Hopefully one benefit from the present spinning of this malevolent

triangle in Washington may be that the call for an independent

Australian foreign policy will get a more earnest hearing

For complete article READ ON

Global Research

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John

Bolton Get His War on Iran

Americarsquos declared policy should be ending Iranrsquos 1979 Islamic

Revolution before its 40th anniversaryhellipRecognizing a new Iranian

regime in 2019 would reverse the shame of once seeing our

diplomats held hostage for 444 daysrdquo ndash John Bolton (January 15

2018)

Coincidentally or not Americarsquos lsquomaximum pressurersquo campaign

against Iran began within a month of John Boltonrsquos installment as

National Security Advisor On May 8th of 2018 President Donald

Trump announced the US was backing out of the Joint

Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) otherwise known as the

Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the US under President Barrack

Obama along with the other permanent members of the United

Nations Security Council Germany and the EU in July of 2015

Consequently the sanctions imposed on Iran previous to the

JCPOA were reinstated and additional sanctions imposed by the

end of the year

In April of this year the Trump Administration took the

unprecedented step of declaring the Middle East countryrsquos military

the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be a terrorist

Extracts

The character and political needs of President Trump and the

obsessions of John Bolton are coalescing towards US action

directed at regime change in Iran The reasons given for the current

increase in US military deployments in the Persian Gulf demand

careful independent analysis before Australia responds to any US

request that it join it in its actions It is not simply an Alliance issue

There is a triangle in Washington which appears to be conspiring to

attack Iran Its three points are an unstable bullying President a

National Security Advisor John Bolton who is devoted to US

militarism and refuses to even concede the existence of

international law and Trumprsquos belief that he is both immune from

any laws and addicted to the notion of distraction as the means of

deflecting focus from his errors and abuses of his office

Perhaps above all we know of US intentions because key US

figures led by Bolton have told us for some time now that they

want the US to attack and bring down the Iranian regime If they do

this it must not be forgotten it will be the second time the US has

removed an Iranian government

Any request to Australia to participate in US actions should not be

considered on the basis that it is an ldquoautomaticrdquo alliance duty for

Australia to take part in such actions Our decisions should be

shaped by our own assessments of the interests and principles of

Australia and relevant international law including that against

aggressive war

Hopefully one benefit from the present spinning of this malevolent

triangle in Washington may be that the call for an independent

Australian foreign policy will get a more earnest hearing

For complete article READ ON

Global Research

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John

Bolton Get His War on Iran

Americarsquos declared policy should be ending Iranrsquos 1979 Islamic

Revolution before its 40th anniversaryhellipRecognizing a new Iranian

regime in 2019 would reverse the shame of once seeing our

diplomats held hostage for 444 daysrdquo ndash John Bolton (January 15

2018)

Coincidentally or not Americarsquos lsquomaximum pressurersquo campaign

against Iran began within a month of John Boltonrsquos installment as

National Security Advisor On May 8th of 2018 President Donald

Trump announced the US was backing out of the Joint

Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) otherwise known as the

Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the US under President Barrack

Obama along with the other permanent members of the United

Nations Security Council Germany and the EU in July of 2015

Consequently the sanctions imposed on Iran previous to the

JCPOA were reinstated and additional sanctions imposed by the

end of the year

In April of this year the Trump Administration took the

unprecedented step of declaring the Middle East countryrsquos military

the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be a terrorist

triangle in Washington may be that the call for an independent

Australian foreign policy will get a more earnest hearing

For complete article READ ON

Global Research

Provocations in the Gulf of Oman Will John

Bolton Get His War on Iran

Americarsquos declared policy should be ending Iranrsquos 1979 Islamic

Revolution before its 40th anniversaryhellipRecognizing a new Iranian

regime in 2019 would reverse the shame of once seeing our

diplomats held hostage for 444 daysrdquo ndash John Bolton (January 15

2018)

Coincidentally or not Americarsquos lsquomaximum pressurersquo campaign

against Iran began within a month of John Boltonrsquos installment as

National Security Advisor On May 8th of 2018 President Donald

Trump announced the US was backing out of the Joint

Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) otherwise known as the

Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the US under President Barrack

Obama along with the other permanent members of the United

Nations Security Council Germany and the EU in July of 2015

Consequently the sanctions imposed on Iran previous to the

JCPOA were reinstated and additional sanctions imposed by the

end of the year

In April of this year the Trump Administration took the

unprecedented step of declaring the Middle East countryrsquos military

the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be a terrorist

organization

READ ON

No War on Iran protest organised by the STOP WAR

Sydney Coalition and the Australian Anti Bases Coalition-

3rd June in Martin Place

The Greens Press release 27th June 2019

Australia cant follow Trump into yet another

disastrous war in the Middle East

The Australian Greens are gravely concerned at reports today that

the Morrison Government is considering joining Donald Trump in his

counter-productive and erratic so-called strategy to pressure Iran

Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale said ldquoDonald Trump is

a dangerous President and could easily start another needless war

in the Middle East His inflammatory language and reports of

aborted military strikes clearly demonstrate the danger he poses

Prime Minister Morrison needs to make clear at the G20 Summit in

Japan this weekend that Australia will not have a bar of another

disastrous US warrdquo

ldquoBoth the Coalition and the ALP are at risk of sleepwalking into

another deadly and costly military entanglement in the Middle East

We need leadership now not politicians who unquestionably follow

the US into all its military follies The stakes could not be higherrdquo

Letter to the PM from Australians for War Powers Reform

No War with Iran No war without Parliament

Dear Mr Morrison

I write on behalf of Australians for War Powers Reform an

organisation dedicated to achieving Parliamentary involvement in

any decision Australia might make to deploy members of the

Australian Defence Forces into international armed conflict The

purpose of this letter is to convey our concern about the prospect of

military action against Iran

Australia has no quarrel with the government of Iran which since

2015 has fully observed the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan

of Action (JCPOA) as verified by the International Energy Agency

and has not proceeded towards development of nuclear weapons

Iran and Australia have a significant two-way trade worth $A584

million in the last financial year

READ ON

Waiting for War to Break Out

David Mcilwain - 2nd July 2019

I wrote recently on the silence of Australian media over the threat

of war with Iran and what appeared to be an assumption that

Australian forces would yet again join in a ldquoCoalition of the Willingrdquo

with the US in the event of a military confrontation

It wasnrsquot until that media silence was broken that I ndash at least ndash was

prepared to believe this could really be true and that despite

everything that has happened in Iraq and Afghanistan Syria and

even in Vietnam the commitment to the US alliance was so rigid

and unthinking But when the subject of Iran became impossible to

ignore ndash ldquoon everyonersquos lipsrdquo in discussions at the G20 - the depth of

Australiarsquos subservience to Americarsquos whims was laid bare the

critical question of whether we would join America evidently didnrsquot

even need to be asked

READ ON

Iran and Australia have a significant two-way trade worth $A584

million in the last financial year

READ ON

Waiting for War to Break Out

David Mcilwain - 2nd July 2019

I wrote recently on the silence of Australian media over the threat

of war with Iran and what appeared to be an assumption that

Australian forces would yet again join in a ldquoCoalition of the Willingrdquo

with the US in the event of a military confrontation

It wasnrsquot until that media silence was broken that I ndash at least ndash was

prepared to believe this could really be true and that despite

everything that has happened in Iraq and Afghanistan Syria and

even in Vietnam the commitment to the US alliance was so rigid

and unthinking But when the subject of Iran became impossible to

ignore ndash ldquoon everyonersquos lipsrdquo in discussions at the G20 - the depth of

Australiarsquos subservience to Americarsquos whims was laid bare the

critical question of whether we would join America evidently didnrsquot

even need to be asked

READ ON

Keep Australia out of US wars

Four IPAN Public Meetings Melbourne Sydney

Newcastle and Brisbane on 45 amp7th July endorsed

unanimously resolutions calling for

Ousting of the US marines from Darwin (CLICK HERE)

No war on Iran (CLICK HERE)

For an independent and peaceful Australian Foreign

Policy (CLICK HERE)

Keep Australia out of US

wars

Sydney meeting 4th July

Dr Anthony Ashbolt

Woolongong University

Arthur Rorris South Coast

Labout Council

Warren Smith MUA

Ama Somaratna Search

Foundation

Keep Australia out of US

wars

Newcastle meeting 5th July

Dr Anthony Ashbolt

Woolongong University

Arthur Rorris South Coast

Labout Council

Nick Deane NSW IPAN

representative

Excerpts

Dr Anthony Ashbolt Remember Vietnam and stop future wars

We need to rekindle the sense that peace not war is central to our

quest for human dignity To do that we need to forge a foreign and

defence policy that is non-aligned at the very least

Warren Smith Our union proudly adopts the principle that Peace

and Justice is Union BusinessWe adopt this in recognition of the

nature of war and its impact on working class people the fight for

peace is part of the class struggle It is important for us to link

movements such as the various single issue movements which are

all linked by the same groups of exploiters

Ama Somaratna We have a lot of young people who have become

politicised by the climate movement and the womenrsquos movement

So we need to build that nexus between the trade union movement

the climate change movement and the womenrsquos movement And

then we need to look at ways of connecting these to the peace

movement

Arthur Rorris The important notion here is that the working people

the working class suffers disproportionally the burdens of war even

the justifiable ones such as the fight against fascism

Now what happened in 1938 with the workers refusing to load pig

iron to Japan was particularly significant for this reason that the

workers demanded a seat at the table of Australian foreign policy

Never before to that extent had it happened What they were saying

was this You want us to die for you then we are going to be in the

room when these decisions are being made because it is our

people our class that is doing the dying

Nick Deane Despite correspondence with a succession of

governments over seven years we have never been given

convincing explanations for the presence of the marines The

answers to our questions have been unsatisfactory The vital

question about what might happen if the marines engaged in

military action on orders from Washington has been ignored

There are no valid strategic reasons to have US marines stationed

in Australia There are many reasons NOT to have them stationed

here On balance the benefits accrue to America whilst Australia

bears a strategic and financial cost

Melbourne Public Meeting 4th July

Keep Australia Out of US wars ndash Time for Australiarsquos

independence from USA

On Thursday evening 4 July Americarsquos Independence Day 80

people attended a lively public forum in Melbourne calling on the

Australian government to keep Australia out of US wars and

declaring that it is time for Australia to be independent of the USA

The meeting organised by IPAN-Victoria heard from 3 engaging

and informative speakers who drew on the impacts of US bases

marines and political influence on Australia

Fiona McCandless member of IPAN and unionist spoke on the

disastrous impact on people and the environment in countries

hosting foreign military bases Examples she gave included

Maralinga in South Australia and Okinawa in Japan

Vince Scappatura who has recently published a book ldquo The US

Lobby and Australian Defence Policyrdquo spoke on the influence of the

pro-US lobby on Australian military intelligence and foreign

policies in the context of US-China contention Vincentrsquos book was

sold at the meeting

Richard Tanter Research Fellow with the Nautilus Institute and a

long time researcher and expert on Pine Gap spoke on US military

bases in Australia and the integration and interoperability of

Australiarsquos military and foreign policies with the US

For full report CLICK HERE

July 7th Brisbane Public Meeting report

James ONeill delivered a comprehensive report on Australian

foreign policy highlighting the history of the Australian American

Alliance to the meeting The upcoming IPAN conference was

discussed in detail at the Just Peace Politics in the Pub The doco

Risky Business Australias military Alliance with America was

screened httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=zXho73FiskY

The resolutions were endorsed by Just Peace Qld

the working class suffers disproportionally the burdens of war even

the justifiable ones such as the fight against fascism

Now what happened in 1938 with the workers refusing to load pig

iron to Japan was particularly significant for this reason that the

workers demanded a seat at the table of Australian foreign policy

Never before to that extent had it happened What they were saying

was this You want us to die for you then we are going to be in the

room when these decisions are being made because it is our

people our class that is doing the dying

Nick Deane Despite correspondence with a succession of

governments over seven years we have never been given

convincing explanations for the presence of the marines The

answers to our questions have been unsatisfactory The vital

question about what might happen if the marines engaged in

military action on orders from Washington has been ignored

There are no valid strategic reasons to have US marines stationed

in Australia There are many reasons NOT to have them stationed

here On balance the benefits accrue to America whilst Australia

bears a strategic and financial cost

Melbourne Public Meeting 4th July

Keep Australia Out of US wars ndash Time for Australiarsquos

independence from USA

On Thursday evening 4 July Americarsquos Independence Day 80

people attended a lively public forum in Melbourne calling on the

Australian government to keep Australia out of US wars and

declaring that it is time for Australia to be independent of the USA

The meeting organised by IPAN-Victoria heard from 3 engaging

and informative speakers who drew on the impacts of US bases

marines and political influence on Australia

Fiona McCandless member of IPAN and unionist spoke on the

disastrous impact on people and the environment in countries

hosting foreign military bases Examples she gave included

Maralinga in South Australia and Okinawa in Japan

Vince Scappatura who has recently published a book ldquo The US

Lobby and Australian Defence Policyrdquo spoke on the influence of the

pro-US lobby on Australian military intelligence and foreign

policies in the context of US-China contention Vincentrsquos book was

sold at the meeting

Richard Tanter Research Fellow with the Nautilus Institute and a

long time researcher and expert on Pine Gap spoke on US military

bases in Australia and the integration and interoperability of

Australiarsquos military and foreign policies with the US

For full report CLICK HERE

July 7th Brisbane Public Meeting report

James ONeill delivered a comprehensive report on Australian

foreign policy highlighting the history of the Australian American

Alliance to the meeting The upcoming IPAN conference was

discussed in detail at the Just Peace Politics in the Pub The doco

Risky Business Australias military Alliance with America was

screened httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=zXho73FiskY

The resolutions were endorsed by Just Peace Qld

Melbourne Public Meeting 4th July

Keep Australia Out of US wars ndash Time for Australiarsquos

independence from USA

On Thursday evening 4 July Americarsquos Independence Day 80

people attended a lively public forum in Melbourne calling on the

Australian government to keep Australia out of US wars and

declaring that it is time for Australia to be independent of the USA

The meeting organised by IPAN-Victoria heard from 3 engaging

and informative speakers who drew on the impacts of US bases

marines and political influence on Australia

Fiona McCandless member of IPAN and unionist spoke on the

disastrous impact on people and the environment in countries

hosting foreign military bases Examples she gave included

Maralinga in South Australia and Okinawa in Japan

Vince Scappatura who has recently published a book ldquo The US

Lobby and Australian Defence Policyrdquo spoke on the influence of the

pro-US lobby on Australian military intelligence and foreign

policies in the context of US-China contention Vincentrsquos book was

sold at the meeting

Richard Tanter Research Fellow with the Nautilus Institute and a

long time researcher and expert on Pine Gap spoke on US military

bases in Australia and the integration and interoperability of

Australiarsquos military and foreign policies with the US

For full report CLICK HERE

July 7th Brisbane Public Meeting report

James ONeill delivered a comprehensive report on Australian

foreign policy highlighting the history of the Australian American

Alliance to the meeting The upcoming IPAN conference was

discussed in detail at the Just Peace Politics in the Pub The doco

Risky Business Australias military Alliance with America was

screened httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=zXho73FiskY

The resolutions were endorsed by Just Peace Qld

Vince Scappatura who has recently published a book ldquo The US

Lobby and Australian Defence Policyrdquo spoke on the influence of the

pro-US lobby on Australian military intelligence and foreign

policies in the context of US-China contention Vincentrsquos book was

sold at the meeting

Richard Tanter Research Fellow with the Nautilus Institute and a

long time researcher and expert on Pine Gap spoke on US military

bases in Australia and the integration and interoperability of

Australiarsquos military and foreign policies with the US

For full report CLICK HERE

July 7th Brisbane Public Meeting report

James ONeill delivered a comprehensive report on Australian

foreign policy highlighting the history of the Australian American

Alliance to the meeting The upcoming IPAN conference was

discussed in detail at the Just Peace Politics in the Pub The doco

Risky Business Australias military Alliance with America was

screened httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=zXho73FiskY

The resolutions were endorsed by Just Peace Qld

Prof Clinton Fernandes

speaks at Newcastles Broad Left function 6th July

He explained how successive Australian governments have spent

huge amounts of tax payers money on research such as in relation

to Australias continental self and its imbeded resources and then

handed the results over to the corporates to drill and make money

In contrast the Norwegian government did similar research at tax

payers expense but formed a government company to drill and

exploit the off shore resources to the financial benefit of the

Norwegian people He also mentioned that BHP was 70 American

owned Rio Tinto 60 American owned and the Commonwealth

Bank 60 American owned indicating that such corporates work for

the benefit of their american investers not in the interests of the

Australian people

His book Island of the coast of Asia sold well at the function and

should be widely read

Acknowledgement to The Conversation 25th June 2019

Benjamin Neimark Oliver Belcher Patrick Bigger

The US militaryrsquos carbon bootprint is enormous Like corporate

supply chains it relies upon an extensive global network of

container ships trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations

with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon

fuels Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast

infrastructure to climate change

Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much

energy and fuel civilians use But recent work including our own

shows that the US military is one of the largest polluters in history

consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing

gases than most medium-sized countries If the US military were a

country its fuel usage alone would make it the 47th largest emitter

His book Island of the coast of Asia sold well at the function and

should be widely read

Acknowledgement to The Conversation 25th June 2019

Benjamin Neimark Oliver Belcher Patrick Bigger

The US militaryrsquos carbon bootprint is enormous Like corporate

supply chains it relies upon an extensive global network of

container ships trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations

with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon

fuels Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast

infrastructure to climate change

Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much

energy and fuel civilians use But recent work including our own

shows that the US military is one of the largest polluters in history

consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing

gases than most medium-sized countries If the US military were a

country its fuel usage alone would make it the 47th largest emitter

of greenhouse gases in the world sitting between Peru and

Portugal

In 2017 the US military bought about 269230 barrels of oil a day

and emitted more than 25000 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide by

burning those fuels The US Air Force purchased US$49 billion

worth of fuel and the navy US$28 billion followed by the army at

US$947m and the Marines at US$36m

READ ON

We are going to Give em the boot

IPAN will Give em the boot in Darwin when it is hoped delegates

at the Darwin National Conference will meet with the Commander of

the US Marines for a parley outside Robertson Barracks

You can have your organisation show support for this action by

having your organisations plaque added to the base of this gift for

$30 contact Nick Deane at Nick Deane

lthomishduyahoocomaugt

Wage peace Media release

Whistleblowers need protection not

prosecution

Whistleblowers David McBride and Witness K both passed on information

about actions which most of us would agree were morally and likely

criminally reprehensible It was information which the public should have the

right to know and the perpetrators should be held accountable Instead

David McBride and Witness K (along with his lawyer Bernard Collaery) are

facing prosecution and long prison terms

These prosecutions are a travesty of justice and constitute an attack on our

free press and democracy

Along with the raids on the ABC and the home of News Corp journalist

Annika Smethurst and the treatment of Julian Assange the prosecutions are

a symptom of creeping totalitarianism in our society

Protect Whistleblowers rally in Canberra supporting David McBride

the ADF afghanistanABC whistleblower David spoke along with

Alex White from unions ACT and Sue Wareham and Tim Hollo from

the GreeN Institute

With acknowledgement to The Guardian 20th June 2019

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful UK

court of appeal declares

British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been ruled unlawful by the

court of appeal in a critical judgment that also accused ministers of

ignoring whether airstrikes that killed civilians in Yemen broke

humanitarian law

As a result the court said that the UK export licensing process was

ldquowrong in law in one significant respectrdquo and ordered Fox the

international trade secretary to hold an immediate review of at least

pound47bn worth of arms deals with Saudi Arabia

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) which brought the case

against Fox welcomed the verdict that continuing to license military

equipment for export to the Gulf state was unlawful

With acknowledgement to The Guardian 20th June 2019

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful UK

court of appeal declares

British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been ruled unlawful by the

court of appeal in a critical judgment that also accused ministers of

ignoring whether airstrikes that killed civilians in Yemen broke

humanitarian law

As a result the court said that the UK export licensing process was

ldquowrong in law in one significant respectrdquo and ordered Fox the

international trade secretary to hold an immediate review of at least

pound47bn worth of arms deals with Saudi Arabia

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) which brought the case

against Fox welcomed the verdict that continuing to license military

equipment for export to the Gulf state was unlawful

Thousands of civilians have been killed since the civil war in Yemen

began in March 2015 with indiscriminate bombing by a Saudi-led

coalition that is supplied by the west and accused of being

responsible for about two-thirds of the 11700 killed in direct attacks

SBS News 21619

In USA Law-makers voted against arms sales

to Saudi Arabia

US lawmakers have voted to block President Donald Trumps arms

sales to Riyadh hours after Britain temporarily suspended similar

sales

In Washington the Senate voted to prevent $12 billion in US arms in

a symbolic bipartisan rebuke to the president and his close ties with

the kingdom

A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in voting against 22

separate sales of aircraft support maintenance precision-guided

munitions and other weapons to Saudi Arabia the United Arab

Emirates and Jordan at a moment of heightened tensions in the

Middle East

In Australia protest against Australian arms

sales to Saudi Arablia

In Marseilles dockworkers refuse to load arms

to Saudi Arabia

In Marseilles dockers refuse to load French weapons heading to Saudi Arabia

Following revelations on cargo headed for Saudi Arabia the ports CGT branch confirmed its members would not handle any weapons or arms whatsoever for whatever war they may be destined

No War on Iran

End the US-Australia Alliance

For an independent and peaceful foreign policy

Speech at Unitarian Peace Memorial 30th June 2019

by Shirley Winton

Why are Australian governments dancing to the dangerous beat of

the US war drums How has the US-Australia military alliance

deeply enmeshed Australia into US wars of aggression its military-

industrial complex and its global imperialist agendas that threaten

Australiarsquos peace security and independence

How do we in Australia build a peoplersquos movement to end our

governmentrsquos involvement and support for US wars of aggression

end the US military alliance and move towards a truly independent

and peaceful foreign policy that respects the sovereignty of all

countries and contributes to global peace and justice for people and

the environment

Successive Australian governmentsrsquo obsequious support for the

US and its wars of aggression diminishes Australia as the 51st

state of the US carrying out Washingtonrsquos and Pentagonrsquos global

objectives With the exception of a handful of a few politicians both

the two main parliamentary parties the LNP and Labor are

obediently following US global imperialist agendas at home and

internationally

The US military alliance is a dangerous burden on Australian

people and the environment

Read complete article

In Australia protest against Australian arms

sales to Saudi Arablia

In Marseilles dockworkers refuse to load arms

to Saudi Arabia

In Marseilles dockers refuse to load French weapons heading to Saudi Arabia

Following revelations on cargo headed for Saudi Arabia the ports CGT branch confirmed its members would not handle any weapons or arms whatsoever for whatever war they may be destined

No War on Iran

End the US-Australia Alliance

For an independent and peaceful foreign policy

Speech at Unitarian Peace Memorial 30th June 2019

by Shirley Winton

Why are Australian governments dancing to the dangerous beat of

the US war drums How has the US-Australia military alliance

deeply enmeshed Australia into US wars of aggression its military-

industrial complex and its global imperialist agendas that threaten

Australiarsquos peace security and independence

How do we in Australia build a peoplersquos movement to end our

governmentrsquos involvement and support for US wars of aggression

end the US military alliance and move towards a truly independent

and peaceful foreign policy that respects the sovereignty of all

countries and contributes to global peace and justice for people and

the environment

Successive Australian governmentsrsquo obsequious support for the

US and its wars of aggression diminishes Australia as the 51st

state of the US carrying out Washingtonrsquos and Pentagonrsquos global

objectives With the exception of a handful of a few politicians both

the two main parliamentary parties the LNP and Labor are

obediently following US global imperialist agendas at home and

internationally

The US military alliance is a dangerous burden on Australian

people and the environment

Read complete article

No War on Iran

End the US-Australia Alliance

For an independent and peaceful foreign policy

Speech at Unitarian Peace Memorial 30th June 2019

by Shirley Winton

Why are Australian governments dancing to the dangerous beat of

the US war drums How has the US-Australia military alliance

deeply enmeshed Australia into US wars of aggression its military-

industrial complex and its global imperialist agendas that threaten

Australiarsquos peace security and independence

How do we in Australia build a peoplersquos movement to end our

governmentrsquos involvement and support for US wars of aggression

end the US military alliance and move towards a truly independent

and peaceful foreign policy that respects the sovereignty of all

countries and contributes to global peace and justice for people and

the environment

Successive Australian governmentsrsquo obsequious support for the

US and its wars of aggression diminishes Australia as the 51st

state of the US carrying out Washingtonrsquos and Pentagonrsquos global

objectives With the exception of a handful of a few politicians both

the two main parliamentary parties the LNP and Labor are

obediently following US global imperialist agendas at home and

internationally

The US military alliance is a dangerous burden on Australian

people and the environment

Read complete article

Actions to oppose

Talisman Sabre US-

Australia war

exercises which

commence off and on

the coast of Qld in

July

This year TS19 involves Defence and NON-Defence training areas

including Townsville Stanage Bay (on the Shoalwater peninsular)

Mackay Bowen Proserpine (Whitsunday) Bundaberg and Evans

Head in New South Wales

July 11-24 is the peak period for TS19 but activity has already

begun in Shoalw

These biennial exercises are some of the worldrsquos largest military

exercises - 2019 involves 25000 US and Australian troops (the

overwhelming majority US) engaged in land sea and air warfare

practice They are joined by New Zealand Canadian United

Kingdom and Japanese Defence forces

US troops involved in these exercises deploy to or from real war

situations forward deployed units or other military operations Live

firing while not explicitly part of the exercise is likely to occur either

before or after the above dates

Talisman Sabre war games must be stopped and Australia

must refuse to support US wars environmental destruction and

indigenous rights abuses

Take Action

We encourage people to take nonviolent action in their own

region or where ever war games and militarism are taking

place

Contact your politician and demand that

bull Our reef be protected SaveTheReefFromMilitaryGrief bull We are not involved in any attacks on Iran DontIraqIran

NOmoreUSwars

bull An end to war games like Talisman Sabre StopTalismanSabre

Visit Australians for War Power Reform and join the Be Sure on War Campaign

Organise an action in your own community particularly if you live near any of the locations being used for TS19

Extract from Conference Resolution

At this conference we reiterate our rejection of the US Air Base

Ramstein We call on the Federal Government and the German

Bundestag to terminate the Treaty on the stationing of foreign

armed forces in Germany - the ldquoTroop Stationing Treatyrdquo to

Talisman Sabre war games must be stopped and Australia

must refuse to support US wars environmental destruction and

indigenous rights abuses

Take Action

We encourage people to take nonviolent action in their own

region or where ever war games and militarism are taking

place

Contact your politician and demand that

bull Our reef be protected SaveTheReefFromMilitaryGrief bull We are not involved in any attacks on Iran DontIraqIran

NOmoreUSwars

bull An end to war games like Talisman Sabre StopTalismanSabre

Visit Australians for War Power Reform and join the Be Sure on War Campaign

Organise an action in your own community particularly if you live near any of the locations being used for TS19

Extract from Conference Resolution

At this conference we reiterate our rejection of the US Air Base

Ramstein We call on the Federal Government and the German

Bundestag to terminate the Treaty on the stationing of foreign

armed forces in Germany - the ldquoTroop Stationing Treatyrdquo to

remove all USNATO Bases and nuclear weapons This would

enable the closure of the Ramstein Air Base within 24 months

Nevertheless the jobs of the civilian population must be secured

through a comprehensive conversion plan which must meet the

trade union demands of ldquogood workrdquo

The US-Air Base in Ramstein is a central foreign military base but

only one out of about 1000 worldwide Our goal is to realize the

closure of all of these bases This would be a significant contribution

to world peace but also to the protection of our environment and

climate It is a political scandal that no international climate

agreements emphasize the destructive role the military is playing in

threatening and destroying our environment The military is a main

climate killer

For complete resolution CLICK HERE

The world youth congress is a youth-led congress contributing to

the vision of a world in peace and without war and to the vision of a

more peaceful just and sustainable future The idea of the youth

congress derives from the preparatory process of the youth

gathering of the IPB World Congress ldquoDisarm For a Climate of

Peace ndash Creating an Action Agendardquo (wwwipb2016berlin) Some of

the discussions of this congress as well as of an international

working meeting on the weekend of the international day of peace

2018 (httpsipb-youthnetworkorg201808ipbyn-event-on-

international-day-of-peace) will be continued at the world youth

congress

This conference of young people from around Europe and further

afield will be an exciting place to explore how young people in

Australia can act towards peaceful resolution of conflict and the end

of big power militarism

If you are thinking of attending this conference IPAN has agreed we

will provide a small contribution towards your attendance cost

Contact us if you are interested in attending

IPAN PO Box 573 Cooparoo Qld 4151

You and others in your

various networks can

now watch the entire

proceedings of the

EarthPeace Conference

wwwearthatpeaceorgau

Filipino Rights Workers urge International

Community to stand by the victims amidst

Charivari Calumny and Callousness

GENEVA SWITZERLAND - The resolution tabled by Iceland and

supported by many States at the current 41st session of the United

Nations Human Rights Council to comprehensively and methodically

address the horrendous extrajudicial killings and the plethora of

rights violations in the Philippines is a highly significant international

initiative

We ask the international community of nations and peoples

stand by us before it is way too late as it is already much too

much

Bishop Antonio Nercua Ablon Diocese of Pagadian Inglesia Filipina

Independiente +639177713990

REIMAGINING AUSTRALIA THROUGH A CULTURE OF

COMPASSION

Hugh MacKay is a social researcher and bestselling author of 19

books including The Good Life The Art of Belonging and his

latest Australia Reimagined

When it comes to our future misplaced optimism is as dangerous as

blind faith What is needed is the courage to face the way things are

and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things

better Hugh MacKay

REIMAGINING AUSTRALIA THROUGH A CULTURE OF

COMPASSION

Hugh MacKay is a social researcher and bestselling author of 19

books including The Good Life The Art of Belonging and his

latest Australia Reimagined

When it comes to our future misplaced optimism is as dangerous as

blind faith What is needed is the courage to face the way things are

and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things

better Hugh MacKay

Join Ngara Institute and Hugh MacKay as we delve into the social

and cultural changes reshaping Australia For an evening of

warmth acknowledgement hope and insight join us at the

Civic Memorial Hall July 20 7pm

COME EARLY

Doors open 6pm with live music by the soulful and emotive Elena B

Williams

Delicious eats from 530pm by Barrio Byron Bay Sweets by Pure

Melt

Book now Ngarainstituteorgau

RAPID Public Response Arrangements

to any imminent major military conflict

invasion or war

In the event of an imminent major military conflict military invasion

or war actually breaking out IPAN organisations in the following

states urge everyone to rally

In Melbourne outside the State Library in Swanston St Melbourne

from 5pm that evening- bring banners and placards - family and

friends

In Adelaide on Parliament Steps at 430 pm that evening ndash bring

banners and placards ndash family and friends

In Newcastle at the Clocktower Hamilton 430pm that evening-

bring banners and placards and tell family and friends

In Canberra on the median strip at the corner of London Circuit and

Northbourne Ave

COMING EVENTS SUMMARY

Rockhampton 11 July Film Screening 630pm at Havachat 20

East Street Rockhampton

Near Rockhampton Wage Peace Stop militarisation of First

Nations Lands

14-19 July Training Camp Stop Militarisation of First Nationsrsquo

Lands

Mullumbimby Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

Mullumbimby Civic Hall 7pm Saturday 20th July

Book now Ngarainstituteorgau

Melbourne Fair Go for all Conference Wednesday 10th July

2019 900 ndash 400pm Coburg Greek Orthodox Church Community

Hall 23-29 Victoria Street Coburg 3056 Come and discuss whatrsquos

gone wrong what sort of lsquowelfarersquo services and society we want

and how we can get there

Lead speaker Rob Watts Professor of Social Policy RMIT

University

Brisbane Book Launch Vince Scappatura- The US Lobby and

Australian Defence Policy 6-8pm Thurs July 18th Avid Reader

Book shop West End Brisbane Avid Reader in conjunction with

Just Peace present Vince Scappatura discussing his book

Lismore Panel discussion for an inquiry into identity How do

we define ourselves as Australians RAH North Coast Peace

Group Sat 27th July 11am-1230pm The Event Space Lismore

Regional Gallery 11 Rural Dt Lismore

Near Rockhampton Wage Peace Stop militarisation of First

Nations Lands

14-19 July Training Camp Stop Militarisation of First Nationsrsquo

Lands

Mullumbimby Hugh Mackay Ralph Summy Annual Lecture

Mullumbimby Civic Hall 7pm Saturday 20th July

Book now Ngarainstituteorgau

Melbourne Fair Go for all Conference Wednesday 10th July

2019 900 ndash 400pm Coburg Greek Orthodox Church Community

Hall 23-29 Victoria Street Coburg 3056 Come and discuss whatrsquos

gone wrong what sort of lsquowelfarersquo services and society we want

and how we can get there

Lead speaker Rob Watts Professor of Social Policy RMIT

University

Brisbane Book Launch Vince Scappatura- The US Lobby and

Australian Defence Policy 6-8pm Thurs July 18th Avid Reader

Book shop West End Brisbane Avid Reader in conjunction with

Just Peace present Vince Scappatura discussing his book

Lismore Panel discussion for an inquiry into identity How do

we define ourselves as Australians RAH North Coast Peace

Group Sat 27th July 11am-1230pm The Event Space Lismore

Regional Gallery 11 Rural Dt Lismore

All states and territories PLAN NOW for delegates to attend

IPAN National Conference Darwin Charles Darwin University

Casuarina Campus 2-4th August 2019

Australia at the cross-roads- time for an independent foreign

policy

Newcastle Hiroshima Remembrance Sunday 4th August 6pm

Adamstown Uniting Church 228 Brunker Rd Adamstown Speaker

Dr Daryl De Cornu member of the Board of ICAN past vice

president of United Nations Association of Australia

Adelaide Hiroshima Day Commemoration Sunday 4th August

230 - 415pm Australian Red Cross Office 212 Pirie St Contact

Petra Ball pballredcrossorgau

Melbourne Hiroshima Never Again Tuesday 6th August at

730pm Black Rock Civic Hall Cnr Balcombe St and College Gve

Black Rock Australians for Nuclear Disarmament

Sydney Choosing Humanity Forum with the Hon Michael Kirby

AC CMG Tuesday 6th August at 630pm NSW Parliament House

Preston Stanley Room Macquarie St

Hobart Hiroshima commemoration Ceremony Tuesday 6th

August Hosted by Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds

Fremantle ICAN Report Launch and Peace Constellation

Thursday 8th August at 530pm - 7pm City of Fremantle Council

Office and Library 70 Parry St Contact

mayorsforpeacefremantlewagovau

Alice Springs The 2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address

Remembering Hiroshima amp Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld

Australian Director of ICAN Fri 9th August 2019 630pm

Kungkas Can Cook (Diarama Village Larapinta Dr)

Brisbane Saturday17th August at 2-4pm Griffiths University

Hosted by WILPF Australia Contact truffle157gmailcom

For more events see the IPAN website wwwipanorgau

Voice is produced and edited by the Media Group of the IPAN co-ordinating committee It is produced for IPAN affiliates to provide a medium for communication of their campaigns and activities provide a medium for discussion of issues central to IPANrsquos objectives provide affiliates with details of co-ordinating committee activities media releases lobbying activities and other actions taken on behalf of IPAN provide information on issuesevents relating to IPANrsquos objectives Contributions to Voice in information or comment should be emailed to Ipanaustraliagmailcom and limited if possible to 200 words The Media Group takes editorial responsibility for choice of content and is responsible to the IPAN co-ordinating committeeDisclaimer Voice publishes a range of articles which reflect

the broad movement for an independent and peaceful Australia but not all articles will necessarily reflect IPANrsquos position Copyright copy 2017 IPAN All rights reserved Our emailing address is Ipanaustraliagmailcom Our mailing address is IPAN PO Box 573 Coorparoo Qld 4151 Australia Add us to your address book

Office and Library 70 Parry St Contact

mayorsforpeacefremantlewagovau

Alice Springs The 2nd Yami Lester Memorial Address

Remembering Hiroshima amp Nagasaki Speaker Gem Romuld

Australian Director of ICAN Fri 9th August 2019 630pm

Kungkas Can Cook (Diarama Village Larapinta Dr)

Brisbane Saturday17th August at 2-4pm Griffiths University

Hosted by WILPF Australia Contact truffle157gmailcom

For more events see the IPAN website wwwipanorgau

Voice is produced and edited by the Media Group of the IPAN co-ordinating committee It is produced for IPAN affiliates to provide a medium for communication of their campaigns and activities provide a medium for discussion of issues central to IPANrsquos objectives provide affiliates with details of co-ordinating committee activities media releases lobbying activities and other actions taken on behalf of IPAN provide information on issuesevents relating to IPANrsquos objectives Contributions to Voice in information or comment should be emailed to Ipanaustraliagmailcom and limited if possible to 200 words The Media Group takes editorial responsibility for choice of content and is responsible to the IPAN co-ordinating committeeDisclaimer Voice publishes a range of articles which reflect

the broad movement for an independent and peaceful Australia but not all articles will necessarily reflect IPANrsquos position Copyright copy 2017 IPAN All rights reserved Our emailing address is Ipanaustraliagmailcom Our mailing address is IPAN PO Box 573 Coorparoo Qld 4151 Australia Add us to your address book

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